Benjamin F. Arnold, Clair Null, Stephen P. Luby, Leanne Unicomb et al.
INTRODUCTION: Enteric infections are common during the first years of life in low-income countries and contribute to growth faltering with long-term impairment of health and development. Water quality, sanitation, handwashing and nutritional interventions can independently reduce enteric infections ...
Fahmida Dil Farzana, Ahmed Shafiqur Rahman, Sabiha Sultana, Mohammad Jyoti Raihan et al.
INTRODUCTION: In connection to food insecurity, adaptation of new techniques or alteration of regular behavior is executed that translates to coping strategies. This paper has used data from food security and nutrition surveillance project (FSNSP), which collects information from a nationally repres...
Fahmida Parvin, Md. Morshedul Haque, Shafi M. Tareq
Recently water quality is one of the most emerging environmental problems in the developing countries and Bangladesh is facing critical water pollution problem. The over growth rate of population, industrialization, rapid urbanization, improper sanitation and use of agrochemicals might be deteriorat...
Nona Jiang, Fahmida Tofail, Shannon Moonah, Rebecca J. Scharf et al.
BACKGROUND: An estimated one-third of children younger than 5 years in low- and middle-income countries fail to meet their full developmental potential. The first year of life is a period of critical brain development and is also when most of the morbidity from infection is suffered. We aimed to det...
Tahmeed Ahmed, Mustafa Mahfuz, Md Munirul Islam, Dinesh Mondal et al.
The Etiology, Risk Factors and Interactions of Enteric Infections and Malnutrition and the Consequences for Child Health and Development (MAL-ED) study site in Bangladesh is located in the capital city of Dhaka in an urban slum that has one of the highest population densities in the world. The site ...
Sukanta Chowdhury, Shafiq Rheman, Nitish Debnath, Jérôme Delamare‐Deboutteville et al.
Background: Irrational and inappropriate use of antibiotics in aquaculture can contribute to the development of antibiotic resistance. Objectives: In this study, we aimed to assess antibiotic usage in inland and coastal fish farms in Bangladesh and identify factors associated with this practice. Met...
Md. Johirul Islam, Shamim Ahmad, Fahmida Haque, Mamun Bin Ibne Reaz et al.
Surface electromyography (EMG) is one of the promising signals for the recognition of the intended hand movement of an amputee. Nevertheless, there are several barriers to its successful implementation in the advanced prosthetic hand. Subject-dependent EMG pattern recognition is one of them, which l...
Mohammad Asif Hasan, Fariha Haque, Saifur Rahman Sabuj, Hasan Sarker et al.
To effectively treat lung and colon cancer and save lives, early and accurate identification is essential. Conventional diagnosis takes a long time and requires the manual expertise of radiologists. The rising number of new cancer cases makes it challenging to process massive volumes of data quickly...
Sarah K. G. Jensen, Swapna Kumar, Wanze Xie, Fahmida Tofail et al.
In this paper we explore the relationship between the Visual Evoked Potential (VEP), a component of the electroencephalogram elicited by visual stimuli, and cognitive functions in children growing up in an urban slum in Bangladesh. VEPs in response to pattern-reversing checkerboards were collected i...
Safaet Alam, Nazim Uddin Emon, Saimon Shahriar, Fahmida Tasnim Richi et al.
Millettia peguensis, popular for its ethnopharmacological uses, was employed to evaluate its different pharmacological properties in this study. The analgesic studies of the plant have been performed by acetic acid-induced writhing and formalin-induced licking tests respectively, whereas the antidia...
Kevin Steiner, Shahnawaz Ahmed, Carol A. Gilchrist, Cecelia Burkey et al.
Background: Cryptosporidiosis is a major cause of childhood diarrhea in low- and middle-income countries and has been linked to impairment of child growth. This study investigated the burden of cryptosporidiosis and its impact on child growth in both a rural and an urban site in Bangladesh. Methods:...
Nona Jiang, Fahmida Tofail, Z. Jennie, Rashidul Haque et al.
Exposure to profound adversity can negatively affect the neurodevelopment of children, but biologic mechanisms that underlie this association remain unknown. We sought to determine whether elevated levels of the inflammatory markers C-reactive protein (CRP) and soluble CD14 (sCD14) are associated wi...
Mohammad Jyoti Raihan, Fahmida Dil Farzana, Sabiha Sultana, Md. Ahshanul Haque et al.
Childhood wasting is a global problem and is significantly more pronounced in low and middle income countries like Bangladesh. Socio Economic Status (SES) and Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) practices may be significantly associated with wasting. Most previous research is consistent about the r...
Md. Mahbubur Rashid, Zubair Akhtar, Sukanta Chowdhury, Md. Ariful Islam et al.
For supporting antibiotic stewardship interventions, the World Health Organization (WHO) classified antibiotics through the AWaRe (Access, Watch, and Reserve) classification. Inappropriate use of antimicrobials among hospital-admitted patients exposes them to the vulnerability of developing resistan...
Nousin Akter, Ruhul A. Khan, Mohammad O. Tuhin, ME Haque et al.
Chitosan-reinforced starch-based biodegradable composite films were prepared by solution casting. The chitosan content in the films was varied from 20% to 80% (w/w). Tensile strength (TS) and tensile modulus (TM) of the starch-based composites were improved significantly with the addition of chitosa...
Sabuj Kanti Mistry, Fatema Tuz Jhohura, Fouzia Khanam, Fahmida Akter et al.
Anemia is a significant wide spread public health threat especially among the adolescent girls who are more vulnerable towards low level of hemoglobin particularly of low and middle income countries (LMICs). We investigated the prevalence of anemia among the adolescent girls (10–19 years) in Banglad...
Jeffrey R. Donowitz, Heather L. Cook, Masud Alam, Fahmida Tofail et al.
BACKGROUND: Previous studies have shown maternal, inflammatory, and socioeconomic variables to be associated with growth and neurodevelopment in children from low-income countries. However, these outcomes are multifactorial and work describing which predictors most strongly influence them is lacking...
Sarah K. G. Jensen, Fahmida Tofail, Rashidul Haque, William A. Petri et al.
It is well established that low resource environments early in life can predispose children to adverse health and compromised developmental outcomes. We explore possible mechanistic pathways underlying poor developmental outcomes in children growing up in a low resource setting in urban Bangladesh. ...
Md. Ariful Islam, Zubair Akhtar, Md Zakiul Hassan, Sukanta Chowdhury et al.
The WHO Essential Medicines List Access, Watch, and Reserve (AWaRe) classification could facilitate antibiotic stewardship and optimal use. In Bangladesh, data on antibiotic dispensing in pharmacies according to the AWaRe classification are scarce. We aimed to explore antibiotic dispensing pattern i...
Umme Laila Urmi, Shamsun Nahar, Masud Rana, Fahmida Sultana et al.
Introduction: Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase (KPC) belongs to the Group-A β-lactamases that incorporate serine at their active site and hydrolyze various penicillins, cephalosporins, and carbapenems. Metallo-beta-lactamases (MBLs) are group-B enzymes that contain one or two essential zinc ions ...